1894 - Arthur Fiedler born
1903 - The first aircraft flight by the Wright Brothers
1929 - William Safire born
1930 - Bob Guccione born
1942 - Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden condemns the persecution of Jews in Eastern Europe.
1944 - Germany launches Ardennes Offensive (Battle of the Bulge). German tanks, aircraft and paratroops cross the Luxembourg and Belgian borders in massive counter-offensive.
1953 - Bill Pullman born
1958 - Mike Mills born
1968 - An 11-year-old girl Mary Bell, is sentenced to life in detention at Newcastle Assizes for killing two small boys.
1975 - Milla Jovovich born
1976 - Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates reject Opec's recommended 15% oil price increase and choose to impose a lower price rise.
1979 - Ryan Key born
1983 - Three police officers and three members of the public are killed and many others injured after a car bomb attack near Harrods.
1996 - Six Red Cross workers are shot dead as they sleep in a hospital in Chechnya.
2003 - Former school caretaker Ian Huntley is convicted of the murders of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
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